Month May 2021
NEW YORK (DOJ Press Release) – A criminal complaint has been filed in federal court in Brooklyn charging Ali Alaheri with setting fire to a yeshiva and synagogue in Brooklyn on May 19, 2021. Alaheri was arrested in Dobbs Ferry,… Continue Reading →
A man accused of setting fire to a yeshiva and synagogue in Brooklyn earlier this week has been arrested and faces federal arson charges for attempting to damage the religious centers in addition to targeting a man in Hasidic garb,… Continue Reading →
United, Delta and American said Friday they are resuming flights to Tel Aviv after Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire in violence that had included rockets fired at Ben Gurion International Airport. Delta Air Lines plans to operate its… Continue Reading →
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh thanked Iran on Friday for supplying weapons and funding to Gaza during the conflict with Israel. In a televised address, Haniyeh also said he will continue to “defend and fight for Jerusalem,” including the liberation… Continue Reading →
More than two dozen people were arrested as anti-Israel demonstrators clashed in New York City’s Times Square and police were investigating the gang assault of a Jewish man as a hate crime, police said Friday. “It’s absolutely disgusting and unacceptable,”… Continue Reading →
TEL AVIV, Israel — Thousands are rallying in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, calling for coexistence between Jews and Arabs. The demonstration on Saturday night was one of several held across Israel to call for peace between Israelis and… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Perpetuating the legacy of Morah Sarah Murik a”h Mrs. Sarah Murik, a”h, was larger than life. She imbued her students with her unique approach to chinuch, and filled them with passion, Ahavas Hashem, and simcha. The impact she had… Continue Reading →
It is with a heavy and tremendous tzar that we inform you of petira of רוחמא פייגא בת (רויזא פייגא) מוהר’’ר אלעזר יבדלחט”א on 05/20/21. As they have already incurred enormous expenses for treatment and for help for the other… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Friday there has been no shift in his commitment to Israel’s security, but insisted a two-state solution that includes a state for Palestinians remains “the only answer” to that conflict. Biden spoke at a… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – A 23 year old Brooklyn man who was arrested six times in as many months is under arrest once again in yesterday’s vicious beating of a 29 year old Jewish man in Midtown. Waseem Awawdeh… Continue Reading →
An emergency meeting was held on Friday afternoon, between NYPD Brass and community leaders in Boro Park and Flatbush in light of the recent hate crimes and protests around the city. The meeting was held at Misaskim Headquarters in Boro… Continue Reading →
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), two founding co-chairs of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combatting Antisemitism, and Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) and Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), co-founders and co-chairs of the Senate Bipartisan Task Force… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – United, Delta and American said Friday they are resuming flights to Tel Aviv after Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire in violence that had included rockets fired at Ben Gurion International Airport. Delta Air Lines… Continue Reading →
A Jewish man was assaulted by a gang in front of 1604 Broadway in Times Square on Thursday evening May 20. The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force announced on Friday,… Read more » The post Arrest Made in Gang Assault… Continue Reading →
GEORGIA (VINnews) Henry County, Georgia Chief Judge Brian J. Amero ordered Fulton County ballots unsealed in a hearing on Friday. The judge ordered the parties to appear at the ballot storage location at 10 AM on May 28th. The November… Continue Reading →
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James said Friday that an ongoing investigation surrounding Gov. Andrew Cuomo will “conclude when it concludes,” and said she has ignored criticism from his top aide that the probe is politically… Continue Reading →
Former US Middle East envoy Dennis Ross told The Jerusalem Post that the ceasefire between Israel and the Gaza Strip is temporary as long as Hamas still has rockets. “So long as Hamas can have rockets, then the prospect of… Continue Reading →
Highly credible sources tell YWN that there is a meeting taking place right now (2:30PM Friday afternoon) at NYC Hall to address the recent attacks against Jews in New York City. Attending the meeting are Mayor DeBlasio, top NYPD officials,… Continue Reading →
Highly credible sources tell YWN that there is a meeting taking place right now (2:30PM Friday afternoon) at NYC Hall to address the recent attacks against Jews in New York City. Attending the meeting are Mayor DeBlasio, top NYPD officials,… Continue Reading →
Ever since their last war in 2006, Israel and Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah militia have constantly warned that a new round between them is inevitable. Yet once again, a potential trigger has gone unpulled. Hezbollah’s shadow loomed large during Israel and… Continue Reading →
DEAL, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s wide, sandy beaches have been paid for by taxpayers across the U.S., from wheat farmers in Kansas to fishermen in Alaska. But for decades, local governments in some Jersey Shore towns — and elsewhere… Continue Reading →